IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, VOL. 5, NO. 4, JULY/AUGUST 1999 1205 Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): A Review Joseph M. Schmitt (Invited Paper) Abstract— This paper reviews the state of the art of optical coherence tomography (OCT), an interferometric imaging technique that provides cross-sectional views of the subsurface microstructure of biological tissue. Following a discussion of the basic theory of OCT, an overview of the issues involved in the design of
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Used in Airports Do you remember what you were doing on April 1, 2010? I’ll bet you remember what you were doing on September 11, 2001. Because of that awful day, airport body scanners are a requirement of travel now, just like luggage scanning and questions at the check in desk. Without body scanners, what can happen? No one can forget the twin towers. Did you know there have been several other attacks in airports since then? Glasgow was attacked in 2007, Moscow in 2011 and Frankfort
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the organization keep track of its resources and hold each department accountable. Monitoring of expenditure is essential on a regular basis. The most effective financial management practices include variance analysis, benchmarking, environmental scanning, model development, forecasting, types of budgets, types of monitoring methods and frequency of monitoring. According to VarianceAnalysis.org, (2014), “Variance analysis is defined as the difference between the expected amount and the actual amount
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Eric Employee Eric Employee has worked as a Receiver for Eggsellent Eggs, Inc., a local grocery store chain in Alabama with 200 employees. He has worked for the company since 2002. His job description is attached below. In 2010, Eric was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, a degenerative
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There are internal and external elements that help a corporation determine their future. Environmental scanning monitors, evaluates, and disseminates the information from both the internal and external environments within the corporation. The internal and external elements are strategic factors that determine the corporation’s future. Environmental scanning can be conducted through a simple SWOT analysis that describes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as strategic
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ACADEMIC READING Becoming an Active Reader UNIVERSITY READING TASKS Reading at university is very different from any other type of reading you may have done in the past. This is so because at university you have an enormous amount of material to read in a very short space of time. In addition, the material contains vocabulary and concepts which may be unfamiliar to you. The most effective way of coping with the volume of reading and of understanding and remembering what you read is by adopting active
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the ‘home ‘profile. Below is a picture of the firewall interface. Windows Defender is Microsoft’s proprietary security scanning software. This security tool is designed to scan the computer without any impact on the systems performance, for any Spyware and unwanted software and notify the user of the findings. The tools is also very user friendly with easy to setup scanning options. One new feature of Windows Defender is the ‘Clean System’ option. This option provides the user with a one-click
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of environmental assessment. What are the major international variables to consider in the scanning process? Discuss the levels of environmental monitoring that should be conducted. Environmental assessment is the process of gathering information and forecasting and evaluating information about variables and events around the world that may pose threats or opportunities to the firm. Environmental scanning is the process of gathering information and forecasting relevant trends, competitive actions
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Business600: Strategic Management Process Literature Review Keyona Henderson Liberty University July 04, 2014 Strategic Management Process Introduction The strategic management process is more than just simple rules. It is a rational approach used in businesses. It starts with management thinking strategically, then applying steps and thought to a process. This process should be understood by everyone in the business. Although it starts with upper management, it should be implemented throughout
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inventory system, backup/recovery/portable hard disk and archive device, wireless router, inventory software, mobile scanning device like RF gun or any other device, barcode printer and barcode labels. The system will be user-friendly and provide reliability and versatility in performance of application. It will make tracking inventory simple and flexible. It will allow tracking and scanning inventory away from the physical computer. The
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